Microsoft sponsored development of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Education Curriculum program to incrrease awareness of intellectual property rights, to foster a better understanding of the rights connected with creative content, and ultimately, to instill in students a personal respect for IPR in a way that changes their behavior and perception of digitally delivered content.

This program ... offers a comprehensive set of cross-curricular classroom activities designed for grades 8-10 (but easily adaptable for use in grades 6-12) and organized into thematic units. The units provide a variety of ways to engage students in this learning experience and span the following subject areas: Civics, Computer Science, Debate, Economics, Fine Arts, Government, Journalism, Language Arts, Technology, and Video Production. (Bold added.)

Free downloads available, Tableteers, so enjoy this informative offer. Teachers as well as students will likely learn at least one thing that will help meet a learning criterion for one of these subject areas.

Please consider offering these curriculum developers your assessment of the program and suggestions for revisions.

Tablet PC Education Blog